CA301 Interpersonal Communication II

for F1T 2012

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APA (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. You will need this book as a guide for preparation of your 10-page research paper. You will want to keep the book for use in CA491 Senior Project. ISBN-10: 1433805618 ISBN-13: 978-1433805615
NONREQUIRED TEXT
Because this course is an advanced interpersonal course, your professor assumes you know basic research-based principles of interpersonal communication. You will want to use the textbook you used for CA104 or a comparable text, such as this one:

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You already have learned basic interpersonal communication theories and principles in CA 104. In this advanced course, you are encouraged to take responsibility for the following: (a) apply research-based principles of effective interpersonal communication to improve your own skills, and (b) conduct scholarly research so you can find answers to your questions about interpersonal communication and relationships.

Learning Outcomes:Core Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to: 1. Summarize the philosophical roots of the field and the history of the field.

Compare and contrast various approaches to studying interpersonal communication.

CA 301 Research Paper— Grading Rubric—Assignment Objectives
1. CONTENT Provided correct interpersonal communication research content.
2. LINK Clearly provided a link between course learning, solid academic research, and the ideas in the paper.
3. APPLICATION Applied communication research content to personal perspectives with examples or explanation from your personal life.
4. FOCUS Discussed one clearly focused idea OR multiple ideas relevant to interpersonal communication.
5. VARIETY Contained definitions, research information, and application to personal experiences and examples.
6. SUBSTANCE Contained 10 content pages—13 pages in length with one title page, one page for abstract, and one page for reference list.
7. CITATIONS All references cited using APA style throughout the paper. Page number needed for any direct quotations. Used adequate frequency of citations by citing all paraphrased information and making it clear where information came from.
8. NUMBER OF REFERENCES Used a minimum 10 quality communication references as sources.
9. RESEARCH QUALITY Used scholarly sources, including no Internet sites, and focused on recent, high quality, peer-reviewed journal articles from the Communication and Mass Media Complete.
10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATON Well written, which includes carefully proofed, formal writing following APA style manual. Contained title page with name, headings to indicate organization in the body of the paper. The department requires no more than 1-3 writing errors in the portfolio for full credit. Typical changes needed to improve academic writing style: Use a formal, academic style, which means no contractions, no slang, no trite and overused metaphors. Avoid the word “it” and instead use the actual noun. In fact, replace pronouns with nouns whenever possible. Double-space everything—no extra lines between sections. Only one space after a period or between words. Replace “get” with a more specific verb. Avoid direct quotations, but if you use them, indicate the page number of the quote. Use only one question—the research question—otherwise make content statements. Do not use “you” when you mean “I” or “one.”
Submitted on time (not accepted after the due date).

CASE STUDY LEADERSHIP
Grading Rubric: Demonstrate learning, self analysis, application, and skill improvement.
1. Use your own words. Avoid direct quotations, but use APA citations and reference style for paraphrasing.
2. Post a one-two paragraph summary of the case and the research-based communication principles demonstrated by the case.
3. Pose questions and interact with students who respond to questions about your case.
4. Single components/assignments of the assignment demonstrate the student's integration and mastery of multiple objectives beyond what was necessary for the assignment.
5. Evaluate the communication strategies used in a given situation in terms of successfulness and usefulness and offers suggestions for improvement of strategy selection.
6. Analyze stages/elements of all communication concepts illustrated in the assignment and identify motives, causes and effect of the communication.

REFLECTION
Grading Rubric: Demonstrate learning, self analysis, application, and skill improvement.
1. Demonstrates the student's knowledge of the philosophical roots and history.
2. Use your own words to discuss 8 principles you learned in this course.
3. Demonstrates a consistent use of more than eight concepts/terms associated with interpersonal communication.
4. Avoid direct quotations, but use APA citations and reference style for paraphrasing.
5. Show reading and learning by correctly applying principles from the course materials.
6. Write coherent essay in effective writing style.
7. Make substantive post totaling about 250-500 words.

Grading:

See gradebook in eCollege.
The link is a tab in the upper part of the screen inside the eCollege course. This gradebook can provide information about assignment values. Important points to remember:

1. Click on blue links to access faculty feedback.

2. In the faculty feedback, click on the plus icon to see everything the professor wrote.

Grading--Typically, final grades are earned according to the following scale:
A = 900-1000

The assignment submission final deadline is typically Sunday weeks 1-7 or Friday week 8, in a single file, which is eCollege compatible, electronic form in eCollege dropbox or discussion board.

Late Work
1. Weekly assignments, in-class or participation assignments cannot be submitted late because they are in-class or weekly learning activities.
2. Excused time extensions require a physician's excuse or similar verification or arrangements made with your professor in advance of the due date.
3. If you fail to turn in a weekly assignment by the original deadline, even if excused, you should expect a zero.

LATE CORE ASSESSMENT
The core assessment is due week 6. According to Park University policy, a student who fails to complete and pass the course core assessment or final exam has earned a failing grade in the course.

UNEXCUSED LATE CORE ASSESSMENT
You will need to write an additional research paper on this topic:

Effective communication through use of time in a monochronic culture.

The original assignment and research paper are due one week from the original due date (Sunday of week 7). A core assessment will not be accepted after that final due date.

Due in week 7 dropbox:
Acceptable core assessment, which meets the grading rubric expectations. This assignment cannot revised for a higher grade.
3-5 page research paper with 5 references, which is about effective communication through time in a monochronic culture.
EXCUSED LATE CORE ASSESSMENT
By week 6 in an 8 week course, a student should know if he or she is having difficulty meeting course requirements. According to Park University policy, the student needs to be passing the course at this time. Telephone your professor by phone to work out a solution to the problem in advance of the due date (EMAIL NOT ACCEPTED). Remember, you must receive instructor approval IN ADVANCE for an option to the core assessment due date. If you received course professor approval in advance of the core assessment due date and have a valid excuse, submit your excuse and a completed contract for incomplete in the dropbox by the due date. In other words, to receive a time extension, complete the contract for incomplete form and upload it dropbox week 6.

GRADE OF INCOMPLETE
You can download the contract for an incomplete if you go here and right click on the document: http://ourwayit.com/Incomplete/

The student needs to submit the Contract for Incomplete in the dropbox by week 6. The professor will be responsible for requesting approval from the department head. The professor does not enter the incomplete, but the University administration does, so it may take some time.

If the student submits an acceptable excused, late core assessment and other assignments by Wednesday of week 8, a final course grade will be submitted instead of a grade of "incomplete."

Note, students are blocked from the eCollege course on the last day of the course, so the student is responsible for downloading any information, assignments, or materials needed to complete the course.

The student is responsible for meeting the Contract for Incomplete without additional faculty guidance and the student is responsible submitting all assignments at least one week prior to the due date indicated on the contract (so the professor has grading time). There are no professor or university reminders. If the student fails to comply with the contract, the University automatically converts the "I" grade to an "F."

COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS ARE ON TIME
Being late communicates negatively nonverbally. The research suggests that people who are late consider themselves more powerful and superior to the rest of the group. Consider these findings about people in the US who are late:

"In cultures that value promptness, one of the questions raised about time centers on the person who is constantly late. What does habitual tardiness reveal about the person?

"Chronic lateness, in a formal-time culture, may be deeply rooted in a person’s psyche. Compulsive tardiness is rewarding on some level. A key emotional conflict for the chronically late person involves his or her need to feel special. Such a person may not gain enough recognition in other ways; people must be special in some way, so the person is special by being late.

Other reasons include needs for punishment or power or as an expression of hostility. Tardiness can also be a sign that a person wants to avoid something or that the activity or person to be met is not important enough to warrant the effort to be on time. Procrastinators are often not valued in a linear time-focused culture" (cited in Berko, Wolvin, & Wolvin, 2009, p. 81).

Student online discussion posts may be removed for any of the following reasons: Posting to the wrong thread, being off topic, posting incorrect information, talking about other people without their consent, long posts, complaining, ranting, or communication that fails to meet the above guidelines.

Evaluate different communication strategies for relational maintenance and repair.

Read Case 7, 13, 15

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Friend Marriage Relationships

Health Marriage

Interactive Discussion Board.

Finish research paper for portfolio.

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No new topics this week.

Compare and contrast various approaches to studying interpersonal communication.

Explain the general nature of theory and its place in the study of interpersonal communication.

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10 Page Research Paper Due

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Topics include developing interpersonal skills, effective communication in the workplace.

Explain barriers to communication and how to overcome them.

Read Case 14, 17, and 18

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Interactive Discussion Board.

Write I Can Plan and Reflection Portfolio Assignments.

8

No new topics.

Explain how we define ourselves as communicators.

Course closure and review for final.

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"I Can Plan" final deadline Wed.

Reflection final deadline Friday.

Final exam as scheduled.

Academic Honesty:Academic integrity is the foundation of the academic community. Because each student has the primary responsibility for being academically honest, students are advised to read and understand all sections of this policy relating to standards of conduct and academic life. Park University students and faculty members are encouraged to take advantage of the University resources available for learning about academic honesty (www.park.edu/current or http://www.park.edu/faculty/).from Park University 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog Page 95-96WHAT IS ETHICAL STUDENT BEHAVIOR?
US society values private ownership, including ownership of ideas. Cite and reference all sources of information and ideas according to APA style. Academic integrity is crucial to this course. You will see basic expectations in your Park University catalog and in your APA manual.

USE YOUR OWN WORDS in everything you write or present in this course.

EVERY ASSIGNMENT NEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL WORK PREPARED BY THE STUDENT ONLY FOR THIS COURSE. See Park University policy, American Psychological Association Publication Manual guidelines, and the information below.

BE RESPONSIBLE. When conducting research and preparing assignments, take precise, correct, and careful notes. Use your own words by paraphrasing, but remember to record a reference listing of the source you will use. Any notes where you copy the words of others need to be indicated by quotation marks and referenced so you remember the source. If you are unsure, go back and look it up.

WHAT IS UNETHICAL STUDENT BEHAVIOR?
Plagiarism in this course is failure to use APA style by crediting the source of ideas or information.

Some examples of plagiarism include the following:
1. Using words from a journal article without using quotation marks.
2. Using a review of literature information from a journal article without indicating that you are citing the secondary source. You should look it up in the original source--primary source--if you plan to use the information.
3. Failing to use quotation marks when providing a direct quotation.
4. Failing to cite and reference the source of paraphrased ideas.
5. Using part or all of an assignment turned in previously in another course.
6. Using part or all of an assignment written by another student or someone else.
7. Coping cited text without using quotation marks for the real author's words.
8. Using a “service” that provides student assignments.
9. Using material taken from the Internet.

Academic dishonesty includes unethical behavior, such as falsification of data.
Some examples of unethical research or writing include the following:
1. Taking any material—even a sentence—directly from another source without using quotation marks.
2. Quoting more than 200 words from a single source, even when using quotation marks, a citation, and reference listing.
3. Quoting an author's abstract or other published words in a review of literature.

Under Park University policy, academic dishonesty can result in a failing grade for the assignment, course, or expulsion. Previously in some communication courses, students have earned an "F" for assignments that appear to be plagiarized or an "F" in the course when a section of the major course assignment (core assessment) appears to be plagiarized.

Faculty may use plagiarism detection software to determine whether the content can be found through the Internet, published sources, or in an assignment submitted by another student at another university. Warning, plagiarism detection software may be used on student work. Any student who duplicates content--as identified by Turnitin software--without direct quotation marks and proper citation should expect a course grade of "F."

The Style Manual for the Communication Studies is APA:
APA (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

READ, KNOW, and USE American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Requirements for this program:

Plagiarism:Plagiarism involves the use of quotations without quotation marks, the use of quotations without indication of the source, the use of another's idea without acknowledging the source, the submission of a paper, laboratory report, project, or class assignment (any portion of such) prepared by another person, or incorrect paraphrasing. from Park University 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog Page 95

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In the event of two consecutive weeks of unexcused absences in a semester/term of enrollment, the student will be administratively withdrawn, resulting in a grade of "F".

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